Palette rhomboid PAL-0214
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0214

By Hendrickx, Stan

Nubia, Khor Bahan (A-group)

, Cemetery 17, tomb 74, object 1.

1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.

Aswan, Elephantine Island, Aswan Museum.

Date : early Naqada II (?)

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 74 at Khor Bahan (Reisner 1910: 123).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

The rhomboid palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and pointed extremities.

Object use

The palette has been used, causing deep hollowing in the central area of at least one face.

Reisner 1910: pl. 63a3.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0214, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0214. retrieved 12 February 2025.